Our souvenir "Birds with a nest" is created from shells that we found on the beaches of the southern region of Portugal - Algarve.
Birds live all over the planet, on all continents. They are found even in the most inaccessible areas of Antarctica. We are not so we often think about them, because they are so familiar that the eye simply does not notice them ... But in vain, because they are truly amazing creatures. By As of the beginning of 2017, 10,672 species of various bird species were known to science. This makes them the most diverse group of the animal world,
so it will be interesting to know the facts about them. The smallest birds in the world are hummingbirds, some of their species weigh about 3 grams, average length is about five and a half centimeters. African ostriches sometimes reach a weight of 150 kg, and some extinct species of flightless birds weighed up to 400 kg. Currently, the largest of all birds on earth is the African ostrich. The growth of these birds reaches 2.7 meters. The biggest
a wandering albatross has a wingspan among living birds - up to 3.25 meters. Hummingbirds are the only birds in the world that can fly backwards. Seabirds can drink salty sea water. The African ostrich can run at speeds up to 70 km / h. Owls fly absolutely silently thanks to its feathers. The peregrine falcon, diving for prey, develops a speed of over 300 kilometers per hour. Many species of birds can dive but the only bird that can swim but cannot fly is the penguin. They can jump up to 2 meters. The only bird in the world that
has no wings at all - it's a kiwi. The body temperature of birds is 7-8 degrees higher than that of humans. Storks are able to fall asleep during the flight, while not sinking to the ground. Ostriches, kiwis, cassowaries, dodos and penguins cannot fly. The shape of the bird's beak corresponds to the type of food it is eats in the wild. The emperor penguin can go hungry for 9 weeks. A hummingbird can eat 2 times more in one day than it own weight. In the wild, birds can live up to 45 years. A titmouse can feed its chicks about 1000 times per day. Wild geese and ducks can endure any frost that generally occurs on Earth. A hawk has 8 times better vision than a human. The largest of all birds of prey is the Andean
condor. Birds of prey include about 270 species. The Australian pelican has the longest beak in the world, and this part of the body can reach half a meter in length. The hissing swan has the most feathers - about 25 thousand. The gray African parrot is able to remember up to eight hundred The world's rarest bird on the verge of extinction is the Japanese crested ibis, of which there are no more than a hundred individuals in the world.
Material: Seashells, pebbles, dry algae.
Size: 17x10 cm.
weight: 250 g.
Manufacturer: Handmade, own production. Albufeira, Algarve, Portugal.
